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One long evening, and I'm only finished CD1. Somehow, when I was listening to his songs, I was able to laugh and appreciate the phrases and forget about our loss. I was heartbroken when he died, and did a mini - John Prine song listening marathon at my house. I was pleased to see how many people other than me loved John Prine's songs, even one woman from England who said that she had never heard of John Prine until she read that he had coronavirus, so she started listening to his songs and now is a devoted fan. When I heard he was in the hospital on a respirator, I wrote into his website and kept looking for news on his condition every morning. You need a song for an occasion, go look at John Prine's oevre. I have heard his songs used to mark special events - Paradise for environmental pillage, Hello in There for mental health and loneliness, Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven any More for wars and Veteran's Day.and now, Don't Bury Me in the Cold, Cold Ground and This Man is Goin' to Town for his death. He wrote songs that were goofy, and songs that were profound, often at the same time. I actually thought his voice was perfect for his songs. He was one of my favorite singers/songwriters. I'm almost 10 years ahead of you in listening to John Prine. We became part of a greater effort to stop Diablo from going online and I wound up writing my first song "Must Never Be." It actually was KPFA's most requested song of 1978. I had a husband and child and I knew this plant named Diablo needed to be stopped. San Luis Obispo was where I landed, 6 miles from a nuclear power plant in its construction and licensing phase. “I became an ‘instant’ hippie and was soon heading for California with the Flower Children. In 1968 "Hair" opened on Broadway with my sister Lynn in one of the lead roles. “Three years living in Manhattan was enough for me to realize I needed to get back to the country. Then I quit to hang out in N Y and sing with my sister Lynn Kellogg.
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I stuck with them long enough to record two albums, do a number of major TV shows and tour Japan, New Zealand and much of the US. A year and a half later, I got the call to audition for the group and I was on the road singing with them 2 days later. “As we were leaving the fair, we met the group hanging out in their tent and an exchange of songs took place. There was always a piano in the house, but I picked up the guitar in high school to sing with an all girl folk group called "The Mad Hatters." My mother dragged me to the County Fair the summer of 1965 to see The New Christy Minstrels.
“I started singing in church at the age of 6. The activist message in their song parodies is undeniable, not to mention super-charming. We are homegrown Grannies who use humor and harmony to sound off on Social Justice and Environmental issues.” Roy has done a number of shows with “gaggles” of Raging Grannies all over the country. We were so touched by the positive responses - both financial contributions and video clips.Įde says, “The Mendocino Raging Grannies are part of an International Movement standing up for future generations and challenging corporate power. We appealed through our mailing list for people to join in with us in the making of the “Vote Him Away” video. We hoped this “Virtual Sing-In” would help bridge the divide we’re all feeling in this time of social distancing. Then we remembered the song parody performed by the Raging Grannies of Mendocino - Roy had sung their "The Liar Tweets Tonight" with them a couple years ago - so we got in touch with Ede Morris, the Raging Granny who penned those parody lyrics, and asked if she'd mind if we took a pass at it.Īfter it was written, we decided to use “Vote Him Away” as the maiden voyage for our idea to get lots of people singing together in one of our videos. When we came up with the "Vote Him Away" sub-hook, we were off and running.
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Melanie came up with the riff "Don Exotic: Lyin' King" and started singing "Wimoweh" which was used in the remake of the movie The Lion King.
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In early April, we were watching the mind-melting "Joe Exotic: Tiger King" Netlfix series with its obvious parallels to Trump World and thought it was ripe for treatment in song.
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